Table-cutlery.



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W. H. SMITH. TABLE UTLERY.`

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ance with my improvement.

Unire .STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM 1I. SMITH, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO LANDERS, FRARY AND CLARK, OF NEW BRITAIN,

CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

TABLE-CUTLERY.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. SMiTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State oi Connecticut', liave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Table-Cutlery, of which the following is a specification.-

My invention relates to improvements in table cutlery, and the objects of my improvement are simplicity and economy of construction in the production of a durable and ellieient article, of a neat and attractive a pearance, })articularly with reference to t ie union of the handle with the rest of the implement.

1n thel accompanying drawing z-Figure 1 is a broken side elevation of the middle portion ol a table knife constructed in accord- Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the saine together with one part of the niold in which the bolster having notches 7 gitudinally from its 'the tang 1s cast. Fig. 3 is a -the line a' :n ol Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detached side elevation ol the handle, less its ferrule. Fig. 5 is a sidi` elevation of the middle. portion ol` a table l'ork constructed. in accordance with my improvement.

The. blade A, is 'provided with a flat tang 6 in 4its op iosite edges. The handle B is provided witli a teiioii 8 to ieceive a l'errule S) that is open for its full size at each end.V The handle is centrally bored lonsinallercnd to a depth l'ullyr equal' to or a little. in excess ol", the depth that the tang. is to be inserted therein. The dianieler'ol this bore 10, Figs. 2 and 3, is about equal to the width of the tang (i. 'lhe handle is also bored trailsversely at the teuon S, through the central bore 10, thus [owning the cross bore 11 shown in Figs. E and 4. The ferrule 9 is placed snugly on the tenon S so as to cover the ends of the cross boie 11. I prefer to make the tenon S a little longer than the ferrule S) so as to ell'eet a saving oll inetal in casting the bolster 12. Alter the parts are thus formed, 6 is inserted to the vproper depth in the handle B and the two together are placed in a suitable two part mold (l having recesses to receive the blade and handle with its Ferrule, and also suitably shaped recesses to give l'orin 'tothe bolster l2 at a point between the tip end of the l'errule together with suitable sprue recesses 13 through which to fill the mold. Molten sectional edge View on.

aud heel ol the blade Specification of Letters Patent. ippiicaon ned November 13,1906. Aserai No. 343.234.

Patented Dec. 10, 1907.

concealed from View. After casting, the

sprue 15 is removed and the bolster at that point smoothed 0H", thereby producing the product shown in Figs. 1 and 3. In Fig. 5, I have shown substantially the saine handle B and ferrule 9, with a similar bolster 12a and fork` tang 6, all constructed as herein described for the knife in the other figures of the drawing.

I am aware that it is old to provide an iinplenient with a flat tang having notches in its edges and to connect the saine with a handle having a lerrule substantially closed at its tip end, the said handle having longitudinal and cross bores into which molten metal is poured through the said cross bore to firmly secure the filling and tang together and lock the combined tang dle, and the saine is hereby diselaimed.

In my improvement, the -ferrule does not form the bolster, and the ci'oss bore is within the ferrule so that it is wholly concealed in the iinished article.

I claim as iny invention:`

1. In table cutlery, the combination of a handle having longitudinal and cross bores with a fel-rule on the end of the said handle in position to cover' the ends of the cross bore, an implement having a Ilat tang inserted within the said longitudinal bore,'and a coinbined bolster and filling formed of cast metal, the said bolster being outside of the tip end of the i'errule and forming the junction of the handle and implement, the iilling at the cross bore being concealed by the said ferrule.

2. In table cutlery, a handle having a tenen at its smaller end, a closed or imperforate butt end, a longitudinal bore extending inwardly from its smaller end to the depth that the implement tang is designed to enter, and a cross bore in the said-tenori that extends into tl-ie central bore ofthe said handle, in combination with a ferrule open for its full size at each end and fitted upon the tenon of aiul filling within the hanuitr body of 1G 1111111011 of H14: :EHfLC 15111153' 11111111111111111.:and 11.1

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